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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-071RIPTA 'Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)' page, updated Oct. 13, 2020: transit for essential travel only; passengers must wear face coverings per EO 20-24; no more than 20 passengers on any fixed-route bus; Kennedy Plaza, Newport and Pawtucket transit centers and both Photo ID offices closed; Lost and Found by reservation, masks requiredRIPTA's Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) - UPDATED: October 13, 2020 (face coverings per Executive Order 20-24; no more than 20 passengers…Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA)Rhode Island (statewide)StateOct. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-25-006FilmLA release, 'COVID-19 Pandemic Slices Summer Filming Season in Half' (Oct. 14, 2020)COVID-19 Pandemic Slices Summer Filming Season in HalfFilmLACity and County of Los Angeles, California (FilmLA)CountyOct. 14, 20202020 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020)Virtual instruction for the first six weeks; families required to elect in-person or virtual instruction for the second six weeks beginning…Houston ISDHouston Independent School District, TexasCitySept. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-090Third Extension of Public Health Order 20-007 Requiring JCPH Pre-Approval for Events and Venues to Allow More Than the Number of Patrons Allowed Under PHO 20-35Third Extension of JCPH Order 20-007 (October 19, 2020; original order July 20, 2020)Executive Director, JCPH (Mark B. Johnson)Jefferson County, ColoradoCountyOct. 19, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-025Order of Court of September 15, 2020: Resumption of Jury TrialsIn re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Resumption of Jury Trials)Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtSept. 15, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-002N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 1, secs. 130A-1 to 130A-27, including sec. 130A-2 (definitions of 'imminent hazard', 'isolation authority', 'person', 'quarantine authority'), sec. 130A-17 (right of entry), sec. 130A-18 (injunction), sec. 130A-19 (abatement of public health nuisance), sec. 130A-20 (abatement of an imminent hazard), sec. 130A-23 (suspension and revocation of permits) and sec. 130A-25 (misdemeanor)Public Health: definitions, enforcement, nuisance and imminent-hazard abatement, permits, criminal penaltyGeneral Assembly of North CarolinaNorth CarolinaStateOct. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-016Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-443 (text in force 2020-2021)Safety committee; when required; membership; employee rights and remediesNebraska LegislatureNebraskaStateOct. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MI-0152020 PA 237 (MCL 408.1085), employer immunity for employee exposure to COVID-19 conditioned on compliance with all COVID-19 statutes, rules, regulations, executive orders and agency ordersAn act to amend the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act by adding section 85: no employer liability for an employee's COVID-19…Michigan Legislature (Enrolled House Bill 6031, 2020 PA 237, approved and filed Oct. 22, 2020)MichiganStateOct. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MI-0572020 PA 238COVID-19 Employment Rights ActMichigan Legislature (2020 PA 238, approved by the Governor)MichiganStateOct. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-022The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 (September 16, 2020)Reinstatement of the football season under daily antigen testing and cardiac protocolsBig Ten Conference Council of Presidents and ChancellorsBig Ten Conference; multistate; context onlySector regulatorSept. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Events and venuesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WA-015WAC 246-215-08455 (Washington Retail Food Code)Imminent health hazard—Ceasing operations and reporting (FDA Food Code 8-404.11)Washington State Board of HealthWashingtonStateOct. 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-078Pennsylvania Farm Show website, '2021 PA Farm Show' (Secretary Redding's August 2020 announcement of a virtual 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show; the Jan. 9-16, 2021 in-person show, the nation's largest indoor agricultural exposition, cancelled), as captured Nov. 1, 20202021 PA Farm Show (virtual)Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (Secretary Russell Redding)Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (State agency; operator of the Pennsylvania Farm Show)StateNov. 1, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-085RIDOC COVID-19 page (as archived Nov. 1, 2020)Department COVID-19 measures since March 2020, including the suspension of in-person visitation and the video visitation program (rules…Rhode Island Department of Corrections (Director Patricia A. Coyne-Fague)Rhode Island Department of Corrections; State levelStateNov. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ME-085COVID-19 Prevention Checklist: Gyms and Fitness Centers (as of Nov. 26, 2020; last updated Nov. 6, 2020)Gyms/Fitness Centers checklistDECD (with DHHS and Maine CDC)MaineSector regulatorNov. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-074CATS 'Covid Efforts' page (as of Nov. 9, 2020): face mask policy, modified schedules, rear-door exit, PPECATS Covid Efforts - Face mask Policy; modified bus and light rail schedule since March 2020CATSCity of Charlotte (CATS)CityNov. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-013Statute: Evidence Code section 669, presumption of failure to exercise due care from violation of a statute, ordinance or regulationEvidence Code section 669: the failure of a person to exercise due care is presumed if the person violated a statute, ordinance or…California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)CaliforniaStateNov. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-077Executive Directive No. 20-030 (Revised) (amending and superseding ED 20-030 of September 1, 2020)Health and safety standards for indoor dining at retail food or beverage establishments pursuant to Executive Order Nos. 183 and 194Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of HealthNew JerseySector regulatorNov. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-032Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at 615 S.W.3d 780Opinion upholding the Governor's COVID-19 emergency declaration and orders under KRS ch. 39ASupreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)KentuckyCourtNov. 12, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. AK-002SB 241, ch. 10, SLA 2020 (enrolled)An Act extending the March 11, 2020, governor's declaration of a public health disaster emergency in response to the novel coronavirus…Alaska State Legislature (SCS CSSB 241(FIN)), signed by Governor DunleavyAlaskaStateApr. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. DC-024Notice of Clerk's Offices Operations (Revised August 2020; posted as the Clerk's November 19, 2020 order)Notice of Clerk's Offices OperationsSuperior Court of the District of Columbia, Clerk of the CourtDistrict of ColumbiaCourtNov. 19, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SD-067COVID-19 Updates page, May to November 23, 2020 entries (rendered capture)Rapid City COVID-19 Updates (May-November 2020)City of Rapid City (COVID-19 Updates page)Rapid City, South DakotaCityNov. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Capacity limitFace-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-001Iowa Code § 139A.4 (2021), Type and length of isolation or quarantineIowa Code 2021, Section 139A.4 - Type and length of isolation or quarantineIowa General AssemblyIowaStateNov. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. LAW-328Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, No. 20A87 (U.S. Nov. 25, 2020) (per curiam)Slip opinionUnited States or State (legal authority; see citation)Legal authorityNov. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Legal authorityOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-002Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-206 (nuisances; orders; injunctions; closure; civil penalties), 19a-207 (local enforcement of the Public Health Code; DPH enforcement in emergencies), 19a-221 (local quarantine and isolation orders; duty to carry out the Commissioner's emergency orders), 19a-230 (penalty)Chapter 368e, Municipal Health AuthoritiesConnecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities)ConnecticutStateDec. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-044Room2Ride: vehicle capacity limits (10 riders on a 35-foot bus; 15 on a 40-foot bus; 25 on a 60-foot articulated bus or light rail vehicle)Room2Ride (Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates)Port Authority of Allegheny CountyAllegheny County, Pennsylvania (Port Authority service area)Sector regulatorDec. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitTravel and quarantinePrimary source read